Horse-detacher



(Model.)

B. W. OLENDENING.

HORSE .DETAGHER.

No. 250,057. Patented Nov. 29,1881..

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ROBERT W. OLENDENING, OF CHILI, INDIANA.

HORSE-DETACHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,057, dated November 29, 1881. Application filed September 15, 1881. (Model) To all whom it may conctrn Be it known that I, Ronna'r W. OLENDEN- ING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chili, in the county of Miami-and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Detachers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a View showing the application of my improved horse-detaching device to the shafts of a vehicle, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device on an enlarged scale and partly in section.

The present invention has relation to that class of devices or means for suddenly releasing unmanageable horses from the "ehicle, in order to prevent accidents to the occupants of the vehicle or injury to thelatter by the horse or team carrying the vehicle with them, and relates more particularly to that class in which the traces are connected to the vehicle by means of a spring-bolt, which is adapted to be withdrawn by suitable means for releasing the traces and disconnecting the horse or team from the "ehicle. These detachiu g devices were usually employed in connection with the whiffletree, they being secured to the ends thereof.

It is the object of my invention to construct the detaching device in such manner as will dispense with the necessity of a whiffletree, and admitting of the device being attached directly to the shafts of the vehicle, and serve the double purpose of a horse-detacher and a whiftletree with equal effect. These objectsI attain by the construction substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a casing, of metal or other suitable material, which incloses a rod, a, around which passes a spiral spring, b. A rubber or any other convenient spring may be employed, so long as the object is attained--viz., that of forcing the rod back into position after having been drawn out through the end of the casin g A, a stop, a, secured to the rod projecting into an elongated slot, 01, in the upper and under side of the casing. One end of the rod a passes through the end of the casing A, and is formed with or has connected to it a slotted head, 13, for the reception of the end of the trace. The head B is -formed with or otherwise provided with a box, 0, through which passes a bolt, f, provided with a suitable spring, g, so that when the bolt is raised to release the trace the spring will force it back into position. The boltfpasses through the box 0 and through openings in the slotted head B, and at its upper end is formed with an eye, h, for attaching thereto a cord or other suitable flexible connection, as shown in Fig. 1, said cord being in convenient reach of the driver in the vehicle.

In turning, or where sidewise drai't on the traces are necessary, the rod a, with its spring, serves the same purpose as the ordinary whiffletree with equal effect.

Having now fully described.my invention, what I'claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The slotted head B, box a, bolt f, with suitable spring, g,in combination with the casing A, rod a, and spring I), substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT W. OLENDENING.

Witnesses:

JAMES M. BROWN, Nor'r N. ANTRIM. 

